When the snow started coming down hard on Friday, the Broken Spoke Saloon in Richmondville decided to close early.

"Main Street was just covered in snow," said employee Melissa Track.

The business reopened Saturday morning, hours after a storm that pummeled the Northeast on Friday dropped 40 inches of snow on the Schoharie County town.

Richmondville and Sharon Springs, a village in Schoharie County, tied for the highest snowfall total reported in New York, according to the National Weather Service.

In Cobleskill, which received 39.3 inches of snow, a local gift shop closed Friday and Saturday. Grapevine Farms will reopen at 10 a.m. Sunday, said employee Chrissy Weber.

"We're going to be shoveling the store out," she said.

As the nor'easter swept through New York it left downed wires, fallen trees and gusty winds in its wake, causing thousands to lose power and creating additional challenges for crews trying to restore power to customers. About 26,000 National Grid customers remained without power as of 9 a.m. Saturday, primarily in the Southern Tier, Mohawk Valley and parts of Central and Eastern New York. Crews are working throughout the weekend to restore service.

Elsewhere

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Saturday that 100 members of the New York National Guard and senior administration officials were heading to Hudson Valley communities to help with storm recovery and power restoration.

The deployment will begin Sunday afternoon with 100 members and 30 vehicles from Camp Smith in Westchester County. They will be assisting state officials to assist county and local officials with efforts ranging from debris clearance to traffic control. Additionally, administration officials are currently on site helping lead recovery efforts in Dutchess County, Putnam County, Westchester County and Sullivan County.

A ban on certain larger vehicles on the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge at Tappan Zee over the Hudson was to be lifted at 4 p.m. Saturday.

Some communities in the Capital Region saw more than a foot of snow after what was expected to be a storm that brought mostly rain. People reported more than 12 inches in Troy and Saratoga Springs, 13.5 inches in East Greenbush, 13 inches in Schenectady and 11.9 inches at Albany International Airport, according to the National Weather Service.

Westerlo in southern Albany County got 34 inches.

Schoharie County saw some of the highest snow totals due to moisture from the Atlantic Ocean and bands of heavy snow moving through the area, said meteorologist Tom Wasula. The weekend "should be seasonal and fair," Wasula said.

Louis Brumaghim, a Cobleskill resident, said he'd seen similar snow amounts during a nor'easter in 1958. People are better prepared to handle the snow now, he said, though this storm was a challenge because of the heavy moisture.

"I've seen my share of snowstorms ... I may grumble and groan, but you can't beat the Northeast for its changing seasons," Brumaghim said.

The weekend forecast:

Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high near 41. North wind around 14 to 16 mph.

Sunday: Mostly cloudy with a slight chance of rain or snow and a high near 39. Northwest wind 8 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 26 mph.